Rotton Park Road Station

Rotton Park Road station opened on the Harborne Railway in 1874
as the last of the route's four stations before it joined the main line, often
stopping at Monument Lane station, before proceeding on to New Street. Post
World War One the line suffered heavily with time tabling problems due to its
trains being given secondary consideration to late running main line traffic
and many trains were held at Rotton Park until a path was made available. This
problem, and the ageing rolling stock and locos used, led to the service being
dubbed 'the Harborne Express' as what was a short journey could take over 30
minutes to complete. Competition from bus and tram operators was a much
speedier option and effectively killed-off the passenger side of the railway
resulting in the closure of Rotton Park Road, and the other stations, to
passengers in 1934. Whilst the line lived-on until 1963 for goods traffic,
Rotton Park was quickly demolished and all that remained was the passing loop,
the only one on the railway, and the remains of the island platform.